Weather warnings cover much of Nova Scotia as nor’easter rolls through

Depending on location in province, up to 30 more centimetres of snow expected

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Much of Nova Scotia is under weather warnings from Environment Canada as a nor’easter powers through the province, causing travel woes.

Ferries travelling to Newfoundland from North Sydney have been cancelled. The ferries headed from P.E.I. to Nova Scotia have also been cancelled.

There are many cancellations at the Halifax airport for early in the day, while one morning departure was cancelled at the Sydney airport.

Environment Canada’s warnings are calling for anywhere from five to 30 more centimetres of snow, depending on the location in the province.

Where the heaviest snowfalls are expected

The heaviest snowfalls predicted moving forward are for Inverness and Victoria counties in Cape Breton, with 15 to 30 centimetres expected. The weather agency says that while the snow will change to rain Saturday morning, it will turn back into snow this afternoon as strong northeastern winds develop and temperatures drop. The snow is expected to keep falling until Sunday afternoon.

Environment Canada is calling for 15 to 25 centimetres of snow in Annapolis, parts of Colchester, Cumberland, Kings and Hants counties, with snow expected to fall until this evening.

In Antigonish, Digby, Guysborough, Halifax, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties, five more centimentres of snow is expected and should fall until this afternoon. Five centimetres is also expected for Colchester County-Truro and south.

Parking ban

Halifax Regional Municipality’s overnight winter parking ban was in effect from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. AT. Vehicles obstructing snow-clearing operations may be towed under the ban.

All branches of Halifax Public Libraries will delay opening until 2 p.m. on Saturday. Many recreational facilities have delayed openings.

HRM also announced the Halifax Public Gardens would be closed Saturday for winter storm cleanup.

Halifax Transit is running, but delays are expected.